New Goal Technology

 

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat part-timers Auckland City 1-0 in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Thursday when FIFA used goal-line technology for the first time.

Toshihiro Aoyama's game saving dive in the 66th minute lit up the crowd and sent the J-League champions into the quarter-finals where they will face Egypt's Al-Ahly.

The match was the first in which soccer's governing body officially used the goal technology although there was little opportunity to test its effectiveness in a game of few chances.